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January 7, 2019

Job market candidates from 2017/18 hold academic and research positions at institutions in Europe and America

Job market candidates at the UB School of Economics from the academic year 2017/18 currently hold academic and research positions at institutions in Europe and America, including the London School of Economics (LSE), Korea University (KU), Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Universidad del Valle (Univalle) and México Evalúa. Nicolas Gonzalez-Pampillon joined the What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth, run by the LSE, Centre for Cities, and…

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December 4, 2018

Former UB School of Economics researcher Marta Curto awarded prize for Best Journal Article

PhD graduate in Economics and former researcher at UB School of Economics Marta Curto has been awarded the José Manuel Blecua Prize for the best article published in a recognised journal in the field of Humanities and Social Sciences. Curto, who is a former Marie Curie Fellow at the Institutions and Political Economy Research Group (IPERG) at the University of Barcelona, has won the prize for her article “Does electoral…

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November 21, 2018

Faculty of Economics and Business at the UB invites applications for four Post-Doctoral positions

The Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Barcelona invites applications for four three-year Post-Doctoral positions starting in 2019. The Department of Econometrics, Statistics and Applied Economics (Section of Public Policy) will recruit a Post-Doctoral researcher with a focus on Public Economics and Public Policy. The Department of Economics (Section of Economic Theory) will add to the team a Post-Doctoral researcher with a focus on Macroeconomics, International Trade…

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November 21, 2018

Two Post-Doctoral fellowships available at the Institutions and Political Economy Research Group at the UB

The Institutions and Political Economy Research Group (IPERG) at the University of Barcelona seeks to fill up to two Post-Doctoral fellowships on comparative politics linked to a European Research Council-financed five-year research project on a cross-national historical comparison of electoral systems, electoral behaviour and party systems in advanced democracies. The Principal Investigator is Professor Carles Boix and includes scientific collaboration with major centres of research in Europe and the United…

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November 14, 2018

Job Market candidates list for 2018/19 now available on UB School of Economics website

The list of Job Market Candidates for the current academic year has already been published on the UB School of Economics website. These highly qualified economists are ready to add value to any organization. In recent years, our PhD students have obtained positions at top universities such as PUC-Rio, LSE, Universidad Carlos III of Madrid, Institute of Economics-Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Yale University and University of Sussex. Our 2018/19 candidates will…

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November 7, 2018

“It is crucial to have time and resources to engage with an ambitious research agenda”

Francesc Amat has recently been awarded a Postdoctoral La Caixa Junior Leader Fellowship. He has been one of the 30 young researchers selected by La Caixa Foundation who will benefit from funding that will allow them to continue their research at a Spanish university. Francesc plans to study the causes of the growing political discontent and populist votes that we observe in many democracies. Francesc got his PhD from the…

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